/s3.amazonaws.com/arc-wordpress-client-uploads/tbt/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/28210459/igwebuike.jpg "Northwestern safety Godwin Igwebuike -- shown making a tackle in the Outback Bowl -- is signing with the Bucs as an undrafted free agent.
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Lots more to come here here as news slows down and we have time to go into greater detail. We're up to 23 names already …
The Bucs moved quickly to start signing undrafted rookies Saturday night, most notably Northwestern safety Godwin Igwebuike, the nephew of former Bucs kicker Donald Igwebuike.
We'll warn that sometimes players say they've signed, when they're only coming to rookie minicamp as tryout players. We'll try to sort that out shortly.
There will be three quarterbacks at rookie minicamp — Arkansas' Austin Allen, who had 25 TD passes in 2016, is signed, and there are two impressive tryout players in Memphis' Riley Ferguson, who had crazy numbers last year with 36 touchdown passes against nine interceptions, and Eastern Michigan's Brogan Roback, a three-year starter who led the team in its upset win against Rutgers last year.
Tampa Bay didn't draft a defensive end, and three were confirmed as undrafted signings: Buffalo's Demone Harris, Georgia Tech's Antonio Simmons and Minnesota State's Evan Perrizo.
The Bucs didn't draft a tight end, and there are four confirmed — Missouri TE Jason Reese, Western Michigan TE Donnie Ernsberger, Southern Miss TE Julian Allen, Southern Arkansas TE Tanner Hudson. Again, some of these might just be tryout contracts.
Other confirmed signings: Syracuse WR Erv Philips, Eastern Michigan WR Sergio Bailey, Temple OL Cole Boozer and Duke RB Shaun Wilson.
Former LSU basketball player Brian Bridgewater — who hasn't played football since his junior year of high school — will attend Bucs rookie minicamp as a tryout player. The 6-foot-5, 257-pound athlete will get a look as a tight end.
Other confirmed tryout players: University of Indianapolis tackle Ruben Holcomb, Incarnate Word punter Joseph Zema, Virginia Tech kicker Joey Slye, Memphis defensive end Christian Johnson, Holy Cross linebacker Nick McBeath, Washington State running back Jamal Morrow and Arkansas safety Josh Liddell.
North Texas kicker Trevor Moore is also attending, but it's unclear whether that's as a signee or tryout player.
More to come as we track down more names …
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